herds

英 [hɜːdz]

美 [hɜːrdz]

n.  兽群; 牧群; 人群; 芸芸众生
v.  (使)向…移动; 牧放(牲畜、兽群)
herd的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 兽群;畜群
  Aherdis a large group of animals of one kind that live together.
  1. ...large herds of elephant and buffalo.
     大群的大象和水牛
  2. ...dairy herds.
     奶牛群
• N-SING （缺乏独立思想的）一般民众，芸芸众生
  If you say that someone has joinedthe herdor followsthe herd, you are criticizing them because you think that they behave just like everyone else and do not think for themselves.
  1. They are individuals; they will not follow the herd.
     他们是独立的个体，不愿随大溜。
• VERB 使集在一起;把…赶在一起
  If youherdpeople somewhere, you make them move there in a group.
  1. He began to herd the prisoners out...
     他开始将犯人集中在一起赶出来。
  2. The group was herded into a bus.
     这群人被赶上了一辆公共汽车。
• VERB 驱赶，牧放（畜群）
  If youherdanimals, you make them move along as a group.
  1. Stefano used a motor cycle to herd the sheep...
     斯特凡诺骑一辆摩托车放羊。
  2. A boy herded half a dozen camels down towards the water trough.
     一个男孩赶着6头骆驼朝饮水槽走去。

双语例句

• South America has produced the world's most spectacular successes with commercial water buffalo herds.
  在培育商业性水牛群方面，世界上要数南美洲的成就最为可观。
• The flocks and herds were poking along, holding up the traffic.
  羊群和牛群慢悠悠地走着，堵塞了交通。
• There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture.
  我们在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。
• Zebras roam in herds ( 2), or groups, grazing on grass and leaves.
  斑马成群地，或成队地，自由自在地走来走去，吃草和树叶。
• They live in small herds and feed with ostriches and other animals.
  它们成小群地生活在一起，与鸵鸟和其他动物一块儿进食。
• I travel with friends in groups called herds.
  我和朋友成群出行，称为“牧群”。
• She and her husband cultivated several fields and had herds of cattle.
  她和她丈夫种了几块地，养了一些牲口。
• To save remaining herds and habitat, the national parks department is planning to cull 2000 elephants.
  为挽救现存兽群和它们的栖息地，国家公园部计划选择性捕杀2,000头大象。
• To protect themselves, deer gather together in large herds.
  为了保护自己，鹿常常大群大群地聚集在一起。
• As Asian elephant herds dwindle, African elephants have become the only source of ivory.
  随着亚洲象群日渐减少，非洲大象成了象牙的唯一来源。